Dr. Phil Cardoso: Transition Nutrition in Relation to Reproductive Health
Dr. Cardoso continued our theme that focuses on the giving nutritionists the best tools for helping cows emerge from the transition period ready to have a productive and reproductively successful lactation.
Dr. Tom Overton: Optimizing Liver Metabolism in Transition Cows
Dr. Overton provides the midpoint in our unit that focuses on the transition period. In the past, the dry period and transition cow was relegated to the corner of the barn with little attention given once she stopped milking.
Dr. Laura Hernandez: Serotonin and Calcium Homeostasis during the Transition Period
Dr Laura Hernandez spoke about her recent and ongoing research into the role Serotonin plays in Calcium metabolism.
Dr. Lance Baumgard: Leaky gut, heat stress, and ketosis
Dr Baumgard presented work he has been doing in the area of leaky gut and the effects it may have on milk production and animal performance.